Southampton manager Nigel Adkins insists his side's 3-0 victory against Watford proves they have the grit and guile to win promotion to the Premier League. The Saints returned to the top of the Championship on Saturday as Rickie Lambert's hat-trick at Vicarage Road lifted them one point clear of second placed West Ham.
With West Ham held by Crystal Palace earlier on Saturday, the pressure was on Southampton to take advantage and Adkins took great heart from the way his players coped with a tricky pitch to subdue hard-working opponents.
"We've come away from home knowing the pitch was going to be lively, against a very spirited Watford side," Adkins said.
Sam Allardyce admitted his West Ham players were unhappy at being booed off following their frustrating 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace at Upton Park.
"As a manager you have to take it but one or two of the players in the dressing room were a little disappointed to get booed because we are at the top of the league," Allardyce said. "You build up the expectation as we have done recently having done so well, and we didn't deliver.
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